Parliament: Security

James Duddridge: To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, 
	(1)  pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2013, Official Report, columns 124-25W, on all party groups, if he will list the (a) names, (b) employers and (c) sponsors of the 81 parliamentary pass holders registered as providing secretariat support to an All-Party Parliamentary Group;
	(2)  what representations he has received on the issuing of parliamentary passes to individuals providing secretariat support to All Party Parliamentary Groups;
	(3)  how many applications have been received for parliamentary passes for the purpose of providing secretariat support for an All Party Parliamentary Group since 2005; and how many such applications were rejected.

John Thurso: The latest published Register of All-Party Groups, dated 1 February 2013, is at:
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/contents.htm
	It contains in Part 3 a list of those who held APG security passes, together with any external employment for which these passholders received £329 or more in a calendar year, but it does not name any employer they might have within Parliament. Security passes for these staff are sponsored by the chair of the relevant Group at the time when the pass was issued. A full list of Groups and their chairs is in the current Register. I have also arranged for an updated list of APG passholders to be placed in the Library.
	The issuing of passes to APGs was most recently examined in the Speakers' Working Group on All-Party groups: Report to the Speaker and Lord Speaker, published on 11 June 2012:
	http://intranet.parliament.uk/Documents/intranet/news-current-issues/Speakers-Working-Group-on-APGs-report.pdf
	see Section 5: Passes and Security.
	A paper on the 2009 Review of Passes was presented to the Administration Committee by the Serjeant at Arms in February 2009. We have had no representations on applications.
	111 applications have been received for parliamentary passes for the purpose of providing secretariat support for an All-Party Group since 2009 (the year such passes were introduced). One application was rejected as the APG in question had been dissolved.